Govt appoints Jaya Verma Sinha CEO, chairperson of Railway Board
Aug 31, 2023
New Delhi [India], August 31 : The Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Thursday appointed Jaya Verma Sinha, a member of the Indian Railway Management Services (IRMS), as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board.
The appointment will be effective from 1 September till her superannuation.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Smt. Jaya Verma Sinha, Indian Railway Management Services (IRMS), Member (Operations and Business Development), Railway Board to the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board in the Apex scale [Pay Level-17 as per 7th CPC] for a period w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge on or after 01.09.2023, till the date of her superannuation and her re-employment on the post we.f. 01.10.2023 till 31.08.2024 on usual terms and conditions, or until further orders. whichever is earlier," the notice read.
Sinha, who previously held the position of Member (Operations and Business Development) on the Railway Board.
She was at the centre stage of the railways explaining the complex signalling system after the tragic Balasore accident which killed nearly 300 people.
In 1988 Sinha joined the Indian Railway Traffic Service and worked in Northern Railway, South-East Railway and Eastern Railway.
